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Friday, 15 June 2018

Preview: Summer Holiday at Darlington Hippodrome

SUMMER HOLIDAY FULL CAST ANNOUNCED

Summer Holiday

Darlington Hippodrome

Tuesday 25th –
Saturday 29th September 2018

TV/Stage favourite and Dancing on Ice star Ray
Quinn to play Don – the role made famous by Cliff Richard, in the new UK tour
of Summer Holiday which pulls in to Darlington Hippodrome in September.

A brand new stage production of the musical
Summer Holiday is set to tour the UK and will play for a week in Darlington
from Tuesday 25 September. Based on the iconic 1960’s film of the same name,
starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Summer Holiday will include all of the
number one hits from the movie, plus some additional Cliff Richard classics.

Taking on the lead role of Don made famous by
Cliff Richard, is singer-songwriter Ray Quinn. Ray shot to fame as the
runner-up in ITV’s The X Factor in 2006. This spurned a career in both music
and musicals, with his debut album ‘Doing it My Way’ entering the charts at
number one, and quickly gaining platinum status. Ray is perhaps best known for
‘doing the double’ on ITV’s hugely successful show Dancing on Ice, winning for
the first time in 2009, and then again on Dancing on Ice: Champion of Champions
in 2014. Ray’s theatre credits include Danny Zuko in Grease (West End), Dirty
Dancing (West End), Legally Blonde (UK Tour) and most recently, The Wedding
Singer (UK Tour).

The role of Jerry, the long-suffering agent,
will be played by Wayne Smith. Wayne is best known for playing the role of
Billy in Dirty Dancing (2012 & 2015 UK Tour and Piccadilly Theatre). Wayne
also played the roles of Pharaoh in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat (UK Tour – 2008 and 2009), Ray in Dreamboats And Petticoats (UK Tour)
and Bob in Jersey Boys (Julian Stoneman Associates).

Sophie Matthew plays runaway singer, Barbara,
with Taryn Sudding taking on the role of Stella, her controlling fame-hungry
mother. Sophie is best known for playing the role of Sarah in Our House (UK
Tour), and also played the role of Ginny in Humans (Channel 4). Taryn Sudding
played Angie in the 1997 production of Summer Holiday. She is most well-known
for playing Bombalurina in Cats across the world over a fourteen-year period,
including in the original South African production.

Other notable roles include Grace Farrell in
Annie (South African Production), and Elsa in The Sound of Music (SA and
international tour).

Gabby Antrobus (Mimsie), Alice Baker (Alma)
and Laura Marie Benson (Angie) play girl singing group ‘Do-Re-Mi!’. Gabby was
in the ensemble for Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five To Go,
choreographed by Arlene Phillips at the O2 arena, and broadcast around the
world. Other credits include Dirty Dancing (UK Tour) and most recently Olga
Mara/ensemble in Singin’ In The Rain Revival (Theatre Musical de
Paris-Chatelet). Alice Baker is best known for playing Gloria and Millie in
Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK Tour). Alice also played Baby in Secret Cinema’s
production of Dirty Dancing. Laura Marie Benson is best known for playing Alice
and Miss Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK Tour).

Summer Holiday tells the story of Don and his
fellow London Transport mechanics as they journey together in a red
double-decker bus through Paris, the Alps, Italy and Greece. Along the way they
pick up a girl singing group and a young American pop star who is on the run
from her domineering mother!

This hit - filled musical features many of
1960’s biggest songs including In the Country, Summer Holiday, Travellin’
Light, Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, The Young Ones and On the Beach.